One of my first encounters
with Shelter Island was when I used to go see a band called "Full
Circle." I was playing at the Cruiser Club in Hampton Bays with
my band "Topo"
and the guys from "Full Circle" would occasionally play
there too.
Like most musicians playing the Hamptons at the same club we
all became friends. Every Monday (our night off) the guys from my
band and our girls friends would go see them play at a club
on
Shelter
Island. During the day I started to take the ferry over to the Island
and would just ride around. While driving along the coastal roads
I saw a really
big boulder;
one of those monsters that the glacier left behind.
Twenty years later I found out that the locals called
it Indian Rock. (Shelter Island locals
were called hares, but only if you were born on the island. Why?
Because you had to be a jack rabbit
to catch
the
ferry.)
When I walked around the other side of the boulder I saw another
illusion in the rock too.
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